Nice feature, thanks for the explaination.

EDIT: (wrong answer replaced, sorry :~l) The control point of the copied/pasted item(s) is the origin of all its stuff...the leftmost, frontmost, bottom. Best, Tom.

Yep. Sometimes the most obvious direction to an answer is the last place we look. Hadn't dawned on me that the parts, pieces, textures and stuff must go with the file if it is transported, whether it be to the 3d warehouse, or simply attached to an email and sent to yourself so you can work on it on a different computer at a different place with another instance of SU running.

Anssi, Thank you for the technique, It worked fantastic! I really wasn't looking forward to explaining why the inside surfaces of the tub looked like stone! I appreciate your help.

Actually, you don't have to go to the top of the outliner - just click in any white space and it will take you out to the top. Kelly

Than I'm sorry but the problem might be more complicated than what I could answer for I only have one (working - and two old, broken ones in the attick but I don't think any of my dialogues could hide there...)

Oh yeah..... I watched that one long time ago. I thought the concept was good, but didnt know where to apply it. It's all coming together now. Thanks. There is a really famous Hank in your neck of the woods, Cullman I think....

Jean Lemire, And a very good idea too! I will add that if you don't hit a carriage return after entering the new view angle the angle doesn't apply. thanks for the advice, it worked!

I use the outliner to organize all my models. I don't use layers at all. Maybe I will get shot for saying that but that is just how I do it. I find it easiest when going from cad to SU to copy my cad file to a new location and then do some major cleanup prior to insertion. I make sure everything is 2D, delete anything unwanted, change all the lines to one layer and one color. I make sure that all connections are made, no small gaps... usually I make polylines so I know if there is a gap. Then I import it to SU and go from there. That way I don't need to discard it later, I just use that data. The script modelhead was talking about, I think, is makefaces. You select all your lines and run the script. It will fill in the faces without you having to draw lines to finish the face. You can get it here: http://www.smustard.com/scripts/ modelhead, no worries mate.

Thinking ahead (for next version?): Ability to name sets Ability to lock sets (currently, the lowest-numbered set is removed once the 21st set is created, and each set is renumbered. Locking would prevent a set from being displaced) Ability to save sets in the model for future reference Input is appreciated.

Moved topic to the Ruby Forum. Glad you figured your problem out!

I see different rub...I mean jewels to enhance the SU experience, I am finding designing in SU so easy, It plays well with others, raster images work, dwgs work, the file structure is simple, groups and layer system is very nice, SU into my cad is awesome, though I'd rather stay outta there. I see developers mentioning add-in programs that are furthering the SU experience, and making it possible to wean us off cad as we knew it. there are scripts and command structures imulating all the things we loved about our respective cad programs, thus I ask the question: What favorite commnands are you pros finding to help you get to the deliverable "the drawings are on paper" and I'm finished with this job: pay me stage? It seems the rub... developers can make SU do anything!

Yes I do. What a great tool. Use it all the time. Thanks for the suggestion.

Craig has requested no more E-mails to Google Corporate... so I'm going to lock this thread so that everyone comes to this end. I'm sure I speak for the whole forum in saying that we're behind you 100%. and we'll be anxiously awaiting word on a decision. good luck. and again... PLEASE NO MORE E-MAILS TO GSU CORPORATE Krisidious

thanks guyd. zi fo hsvr thr dpi turnrd high. I'll let it down and give it shot. Talk to you soon.

Do we really need to "vote"? I would have thought it was a no-brainer. Just so we're clear, option no. 2. Juju

Whoa, Peter. You beat me to it. I just came back to this, and then went and found the university of oregon pdf.

I don't have the new version of SketchUp. But it is apparently not compatible with the old CDoc application. Remove the CDoc_loader.rb from your plugins folder. The functions of CDoc are now in RpTools. Al Hart

Patrice, I find a smorgasbord of creative materials. . Thanks and best to you..